THE WIRELESS MILITARY BAND
Conducted by B. WALTON O'DONNELL
DAME ETHEL SMYTH 'S musical studies were carried out at the Conservatoire in Leipzig, in which the Mendelssohn tradition was still very strong. Most of her earlier works were performed in Leipzig and her music was well and honourably known on the Continent before we in this country had begun to give it the recognition which is so truly its due. Sir George Henschel , who has done so much valiant pioneer work on behalf of British composers, was among the first to bring forward her music when he was conducting at the Crystal Palace.
The Wreckers is among the distinguished British works which are much better known on the Continent than here. Produced at the Leipzig Opera House in 1906, it met with immediate success; again shortly afterwards at Prague, and at Vienna, it was no less warmly received, making an impression such as few works of British origin have achieved in Germany. ,